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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who robs Bill in this chapter?

2. Into what do the two Bills put their morphine?

3. Where is Bill being watched by agents?

4. What happens to Bill when he injects the heroin?

5. Which of Bill's customers buys drugs for others?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Bill do when he came back from Europe?

2. What does Norton give Bill in the opening pages?

3. Describe the disturbance Doolie creates in the fifth section.

4. What does Bill state are the problems with marijuana dealing?

5. Describe the character of Nick.

6. Describe Bill's time in the apartment in the opening chapters.

7. What is the difference between Burroughs' use of dialogue when talking to the police and his use of dialogue when talking to friends?

8. Describe Bill's time in the prison facility.

9. What does Bill's life become like while he is on junk?

10. Describe Bill's early life.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What major events had a profound affect on Burroughs' life and how did they change him? What does Buroughs still have to learn by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Describe how the following characters helped Burroughs' recover from his drug addiction:

1) Old Ike

2) Bill's wife

3) Rollins

Essay Topic 3

Pick a character from the novel and discuss his/her goals and motives. Does he/she achieve his/her motive? Does he/she share similar goals and motives with other characters? Does his/her goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect his/her interactions with each other?

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